scotland the third wonder traditional craft

Primary 6 have been learning how to weave using hand looms.

In the 19th century Glasgow merchants began to import cotton and a new business

of weaving began in the city which provided a good living . The workers used

hand looms in their own homes.In the 1830s Bridgeton in Glasgow had

over 2,000 hand-loom weavers.

With the introduction of steam power there was a boom in

spinning and weaving and many new mills were built in Glasgow.

The environment of the once clean and pleasant village was devastated.

The smoke from the towering forest of chimneys killed many trees on

Glasgow Green near our school.

In the 1850’s it became difficult to import cotton. But the workers skills

were transferred to the carpet weaving business and by the end of the 19th

century the names of companies such as Templeton's were famous.

This is the famous Templeton’s Carpet Factory near our school. It is modelled on the Doge’s

Palace in Venice.

My Granny worked in the Templeton’s carpet factory!

Primary 2 used what they learned from Primary 6’s

weaving workshop to try their own weaving with paper.

Here are some of Primary 2’s designs!

Tartan is a woven cloth usually made from wool. Many

thousands of years ago the Celts were known to have

woven striped or chequered cloth.

Today most people only wear tartan kilts on special occasions.This is Gerard Butler, a famous

Scottish actor wearing a traditional tartan kilt.

Tartan has stripes of different colours and varying breadths. By

varying the colours, the width and number of stripes, we can

create and design different tartans.

Primary 2 designed their own tartan on the computer.

Here are some of our designs!

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Emmanuel Luke Zainab

This tartan was designed using the colours from all the

flags in our Comenius project.

Primary 1 tried designing their own tartans using

tissue paper.

Primary 4 made tartan rosettes!

Mrs Saeed also demonstrated the traditional crafts of sewing and

knitting.